3 volumes : 24 cm

The Cambridge History of the First World War is a comprehensive, three-volume work which provides an authoritative account of the military, political, social, economic and cultural history of the Great War. Reflecting the very latest research in the field, the volumes provide a comprehensive guide to the course of the war and of how the dynamics of conflict unfolded throughout the world. Volume I surveys the military history showing the brutal realities of a global war among industrialized powers, whilst Volumes II and III explore the social, economic, cultural and political challenges that the war presented to politicians, industrialists, soldiers and civilians. Written by a team of leading international historians, the volumes together reveal the ways in which the war transcended the boundaries of Europe to subsequently transform the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas just as much as Europe itself

Includes bibliographical references and index

Volume I. Global war -- Part I.A narrative history -- 1. Origins / Volker R. Berghahn -- 2. 1914: outbreak / Jean-Jacques Becker and Gerd Krumeich -- 3. 1915: stalemate / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau -- 4. 1916: impasse / Robin Prior -- 5. 1917: global war / Michael S. Neiberg -- 6. 1918: endgame / Christoph Mick -- 7. 1919: aftermath / Bruno Cabanes -- Part II. Theatres of war -- 8. The western front / Robin Prior -- 9. The eastern front / Holger Afflerbach -- 10. The Italian front / Nicola Labanca -- 11. The Ottoman front / Robin Prior -- 12. The war at sea / Paul Kennedy -- 13. The air war / John H. Morrow, Jr. -- 14. Strategic command / Gary Sheffield and Stephen Badsey -- Part III. World war -- 15. The imperial framework / John H. Morrow, Jr. -- 16. Africa / Bill Nasson -- 17. The Ottoman Empire / Mustafa Aksakal -- 18. Asia / Guoqi Xu -- 19. North America / Jennifer D. Keene -- 20. Latin America / Olivier Compagnon -- Part IV. Rules of engagement, laws of war and war crimes -- 21. Atrocities and war crimes / John Horne -- 22. Genocide / Hans-Lukas Kieser and Donald Bloxham -- 23. The laws of war / Annie Deperchin -- 24. Visual essay: global war / Jay Winter

Volume II. The state -- Part I. Political power -- 1. Heads of state and government / Jean-Jacques Becker -- 2. Parliaments / Dittmar Dahlmann -- 3. Diplomats / David Stevenson -- 4. Civil-military relations / Stig Förster -- 5. Revolution / Richard Bessel -- Part II. Armed forces -- 6. Combat and tactics / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau -- 7. Morale / Alexander Watson -- 8. Mutiny / Leonard V. Smith -- 9. Logistics / Ian Brown -- 10. Technology and armaments / Frédéric Guelton -- 11. Prisoners of war / Heather Jones -- Part III. The sinews of war -- 12. War economies / Barry Supple -- 13. Workers / Antoine Prost -- 14. Cities / Stefan Goebel -- 15. Agrarian society / Benjamin Ziemann -- 16. Finance / Hans-Peter Ullmann -- 17. Scientists / Roy MacLeod -- 18. Blockade and economic warfare / Alan Kramer -- Part IV. The search for peace -- 19. Diplomacy / Georges Henri-Soutou -- 20. Neutrality / Samuël Kruizinga -- 21. Pacificism / Martin Ceadel -- 22. Drafting the peace / Helmut Konrad -- 23. The continuum of violence / Robert Gerwarth -- 24. Visual essay: war and the state / Arndt Weinrich

Volume III. Civil society -- Part I. Private life -- 1. The couple / Martha Hanna -- 2. Children / Manon Pignot -- 3. Families / Jay Winter -- Part II. Gender -- 4. War work / Laura Lee Downs -- 5. Men and women at home / Susan R. Grayzel -- 6. At the front / Margaret R. Higonnet -- 7. Gender roles in killing zones / Joanna Bourke -- Part III. Populations at risk -- 8. Refugees and exiles / Peter Gatrell and Philippe Nivet -- 9. Minorities / Panikos Panayi -- 10. Populations under occupation / Sophie de Schaepdrijver -- 11. Captive civilians / Annette Becker -- Part IV. Bodies in pain -- 12. Military medicine / Leo van Bergen -- 13. Shell shock / Jay Winter -- 14. The Spanish flu / Anne Rasmussen -- 15. Mourning practices / Joy Damousi -- Part V. The social history of cultural life -- 16. Mobilising minds / Anne Rasmussen -- 17. Beliefs and religion / Adrian Gregory -- 18. Soldier-writers and poets / Nicolas Beaupré -- 19. Cinema / Laurent Véray -- 20. Arts / Annette Becker -- 21. War memorials / Bruce Scates and Rebecca Wheatley -- Part VI. A reckoning: costs and outcomes -- 22. The dead / Antoine Prost -- 23. The living / John Horne -- 24. The Great War at its centenary / John Horne -- 25. Visual essay: civil society / Annette Becker

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